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We can’t get enough of our mobile apps. There were 204 billion apps downloads last year, and that number is rising in 2020.

 When app stores entered the mainstream tech culture, they exposed developers to an audience of millions who were keen to adopt the innovative capabilities of their devices through the creations of third-party developers. The rapid commercialization of the app ecosystem has caused leading tech brands to restrict app innovation within their platforms, often to the detriment of developers. 

As developers wage war with app store policies, Huawei is betting on a simple concept that developers can rally around: open ecosystems.

Developers versus closed ecosystems

In some ways, closed app ecosystems are the antithesis of prevailing…

Video calls have increased due to the coronavirus pandemic, and companies such as Facebook and Zoom have taken full advantage of that. Earlier in the year, WhatsApp increased the group call limit from four to eight people. Now, it seems like the chat app will soon introduce the calling feature on its desktop app.

According to renowned WhatsApp sleuth WABetaInfo, the company has started creating the feature in one of its test builds. The under-development feature includes support for voice and video calls for both individual contacts and groups.

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Screenshots posted by WABetaInfo suggest that when you’ll call someone through the WhatsApp desktop app, a…